PwC is now expected to face a heavy fine over its role in the client asset scandal which could have wrought unnecessary mayhem had the bank collapsed at the height of the financial crisis in October 2008.
The bank which became more dependent than any other on loans from the Bank of England and the Treasury at the height of the 2007-8 financial crisis has almost completely repaid what it owes taxpayers.
Banks and building societies have been making swifter-than-predicted progress in repaying the emergency lending they had to take from the Bank of England and the Treasury in 2008 during the height of the banking crisis.
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, when other British banks like Royal Bank of Scotland had to accept government bailouts, Barclays turned to the emerging markets for funds.
More importantly, perhaps, for a day or so, Philly was the height of musical cool ( Bruce Springsteen was also in town over the weekend, playing at Citizens Bank Park).